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hungry

/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ 形容词 A1

中文: 饥饿、饿、饥

  1. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. · My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.· He was so hungry he could eat two burgers.
  2. Causing hunger. · All this gardening is hungry work.
  3. Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something. (figuratively) · young and hungry· the students are hungry to learn
  4. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved. · a hungry soil

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“Poor little thing!” said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it; but she was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which case it would be very likely to eat her up in spite of all her coaxing.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第29页 · B2
“That would be grand, certainly,” said Alice thoughtfully: “but then—I shouldn’t be hungry for it, you know.”
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第52页 · B2
In the very middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it: they looked so good, that it made Alice quite hungry to look at them—“I wish they’d get the trial done,” she thought, “and hand round the refreshments!” But there seemed to be no chance of this, so she began looking at everything about her, to pass away the time.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第83页 · B2
And good luck and strong white teeth go with noble children that they may never forget the hungry in this world.”
《The Jungle Book》,第1页 · B2

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